Freemasonry - How it all started?

In the Middle Ages, all crafts had their own guilds and secret passwords to help its members hold at least a minimum of work to prevent exploiting them. One such group of craftsmen were Freemasons who have traveled from one country to another, helping to build churches and cathedrals.

Close to the object being built and temporary dwellings, built by the 'Lodge', where they spent their leisure time. As the cathedral built by less, so the Masons began to receive honorary members to increase the number of their associations. During the seventeenth century, the masons who are really engaged in a masterful job, expelled from his title of 'free', while the 'theoretical' members took the title of 'free and accepted' and have won the pomp and ceremony of ancient religious orders. In 1717 they established the first Grand Lodge in England. In 1725th a group of English noblemen, who resided in Paris, founded the lodge and there will soon be Freemasonry spread throughout Europe. One prominent member was Count Cagliostro (1743-95), he claimed that he could make gold, miraculous healing, sexual power and extend life to 5557 years. He ruled Lyon Lodge and formed his own branch of "Egyptian Masonry" which included the women's lodge, over which was chaired by 'Queen of Sheba'.

A Freemason, may become a grown man who believes in the existence of a supreme being and the immortality of the soul - and can pay a membership fee. The very person may seek to join, in a way suggesting that future candidates would have gladly received as a member if he so desires. Initiation or entry into society is very dramatic and filled with symbolism.

Freemasons wants to open an office in Brussels to lobby in EU

Freemasons wants to open an office in Brussels to lobby against the increasing influence of religious organizations in the institutions of the European Union, said the former Grand Master of Grand Lodge "Grand Orient de France" Jean-Michel Quillardet.

Masonic orders would need to practice politics in a positive sense of the term in order in spite of its divisions to defend secularism and express disagreement with certain decisions of the European administration - said Quillardet to the Belgian daily Le Soir.

He added that the European Masonic lodges are divided on this issue. In fact, some fear it will open offices in the capital of the EU to attract to attract attention to himself. But Quillardet holding to practical reasons should prevail over the divisions. - One day we will be able to establish a general Masonic delegation. At the political level possible, but in the financial infinitely less because we have less money then the churches - explained a former Grand Master.

The first task of the Brussels office would be the promotion of ideas of the Enlightenment, which consists of the point that, as Quillardet says, Europeans, primarily the citizens of Europe before the Jews, dark-skinned people from the Maghreb, homosexuals, heterosexuals ...

Quillardet discovers that his line is already trying to unite all the European lodges. In 2007. organized a Pan-European Congress of Masons in Strasbourg, and in 2008 and 2009. same meeting held in Greece and Turkey. This year, a European Freemasons gather in Portugal. Two years ago, a European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso met for the first time with Freemason delegation.

- We told him that apart from its Christian roots, Europe is based on Greek and Roman philosophy, humanism and the Renaissance Enlightenment - Quillardet said, adding that the same year, Barroso sent a letter to a Masonic Congress in Athens, which the former Grand Master has considered as a "recognition of the Freemasons" .

Freemasons And Conspiracy Theories

Because of its secrecy, the Freemasons have long been a subject in discussion of various conspiracy theories, in which they are portrayed as power-wielders who want to dominate the world and conduct international policies.

Conspiracy theorists in their thinking often associated symbols and numbers to "deciphered" Masonic puzzle, but often it turns out that these overlapping random.

Historically, Masons are always accused of wanting to create a new society based on ideals of liberty, equality, fraternity, separate church and state, and religious tolerance. This above does not sound so bad, but such a state would only be the artificial creation in service of Masonic nepotism.

Conspiracy theorists often supporting their thoughts on the Freemasons, with the and the real, historical activities of Lodge P2 (propaganda due)

One conspiracy theory is that the Great Seal of the United States contains Masonic symbols. This is true, but as this is because many of the founders were declared as Freemasons, so this was nothing but a form of promoting their own ideas and principles. Great Seal and symbolism are just a reflection of the time without any hidden encrypted message.

Freemasonry: Ritual, Symbolism And Morality

Freemasons are members of the largest and oldest fraternity in the world. No one knows just how old it is because the actual origins have been lost in time. This group valued privacy and tolerance.
Masons conduct their meetings using rituals and each Jurisdiction has its own ritual. However, there are similarities among its Jurisdictions. The Freemasons rely on the architectural symbolism of the medieval Masons who actually worked in stone. One of the principal symbolic tools always found in a Lodge are the square and compasses. There is no general interpretation for these tools. Often a letter G is placed there, usually is said to represent God and/or Geometry. Their moral lessons are communicated in performance of a ritual in which a candidate progresses through degrees gaining knowledge and understanding of himself, his relationship with others and his relationship with the Supreme Being.